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1 posted on 05/06/2018 1:38:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 05/06/2018 1:40:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Yeah, because launching people into space is so safe. NASA ought to kno.......... Oh. And I can speak to it since I was involved back then.


3 posted on 05/06/2018 1:41:12 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Nothing has been a bigger threat to astronaut’s lives than NASA management. Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia were all management screwups.


4 posted on 05/06/2018 1:41:55 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: BenLurkin

The proposal has raised alarms for members of Congress and NASA safety advisers as the agency and SpaceX prepare to launch humans into orbit as early as this year. One watchdog group labeled load-and-go a “potential safety risk.”

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It is a potential safety risk. That’s why there’s an escape system, and the capsule is on top of the stack. It’s a lot safer than the Shuttle.


5 posted on 05/06/2018 1:44:27 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: BenLurkin

They should ask the Challenger astronauts how this worked.


7 posted on 05/06/2018 1:44:45 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: BenLurkin

Some safety experts .... are the ones that predicted president hillary.


10 posted on 05/06/2018 1:50:54 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: BenLurkin

Musk is Ken Lay.
Pony up tax payers


16 posted on 05/06/2018 2:39:21 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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Re: Load-and-Go

According to Wikipedia, the freezing point of low sulfur kerosene is -40F.

The freezing point of oxygen is -360F.

I wonder if that 320 degree separation could itself cause an explosive risk?

19 posted on 05/06/2018 2:57:59 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: BenLurkin

bookmark


20 posted on 05/06/2018 3:11:47 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: BenLurkin

Apollo One astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White II were unavailable for comment.


41 posted on 05/06/2018 6:26:21 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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Either their launch abort system works as intended, or it doesn’t. If it works, then the crew will be safe. If not, then the crew should NEVER get near the rocket.

That simple.


43 posted on 05/06/2018 7:03:44 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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BFL


57 posted on 05/07/2018 7:50:43 AM PDT by Darth Mall
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